The best betting sites with live streaming ranked and compared. Find full details of Ireland's top live streaming betting sites here.
The best live streaming betting sites should cater to fans of a range of different sports. Whether you're into racing or football, or something a little more niche, this selection of established bookies and new betting sites should have you covered.
Here’s a closer look at what some of the standout live streaming sites offer:
bet365 sets the gold standard for live streaming betting sites.
It boasts the largest range of streaming options we've seen from any site, with a huge range of sports shown live including football, horse racing, greyhound racing, boxing, tennis, cricket and US sports like basketball, American football, baseball and ice hockey.
As is the case with most live streaming betting sites, you'll need either a positive account balance or to have placed a bet within the previous 24 hours to watch an event. Selected horse races will require a minimum bet of €0.50 on the race in order to watch it.
Betway TV streams popular sports like horse racing, football and tennis along with more alternative sports such as table tennis. They also have more cricket streaming options than any of their competitors.
Again to access the live streams you must either have placed a bet within the last 24 hours or have a positive balance.
QuinnBet doesn't have the broadest selection of sports shown live, but they specialise in horse racing, with live streams available for all the biggest races in Ireland and the UK.
You can also watch lots of races from further afield, including French, American, Argentinian, Australian, Japanese and South African race meetings.
We hope to see more sports added to QuinnBet's live streaming menu soon - but if you want to watch horse or greyhound racing while you bet, this is a solid site to choose. There are also dozens of promotions for both of these sports, including money-back specials, free bets and price boosts.
Ladbrokes’ live streaming section is easily accessed through a dedicated tab on the homepage, which lists all of the in-play and upcoming events that can be watched live.
This bookie streams football matches from competitions in dozens of countries, including France, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. You can also watch horse racing, tennis, snooker, volleyball, basketball, handball and ice hockey.
The picture is perfect and we watched several events here without any notable lags or losses of signal.
At 888sport, you can find the live streaming TV symbol next to a wide range of popular sports including football, horse racing, cricket, ice hockey, rugby and darts.
If you're a fan of basketball, 888sport is great betting option thanks to its extensive streaming coverage of all NBA games.
To access live streams you'll need a positive account balance or to have bet at least £1 on any event in the past day. For horse racing streams you'll need to bet at least 0.50 each-way or €1 win on the race you want to watch.
Here are the main factors we take into account when ranking the best live streaming options for betting.
Betting sites with live streaming tend to cater for popular demand, so you should be able to stream sports that are big in Ireland, like football and horse racing.
Here's a look at some of the best streaming betting sites for major sports:
The best football betting sites with live streaming allow you to follow the action from a variety of competitions in Europe and worldwide.
In our view, bet365 stands out as the top choice for football live streaming, with rights to more than 30 football competitions including the Bundesliga, La Liga, FA Cup, Serie A and Ligue 1.
Most of the best horse racing betting sites allow you to watch races from Ireland and the UK.
The market leader for horse racing live streams is Spreadex, with a wider selection of racing streams than any of the other sites we've tested.
This includes racing from France, the USA, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Italy, Qatar, Panama and South Africa. There's almost always a race to watch at Spreadex, no matter the time of day.
The best tennis betting sites with live streaming show more tennis matches than your regular TV sports package, because you can watch a range of matches at the same time, instead of being restricted to one at a time.
Betway TV has a great tennis offering, with streams of ATP Tour events and even smaller competitions like the Challenger Tour.
Live streams generally have a delay of just a couple of seconds. However, this is similar to most live television events, so you’ll be practically following the action as it unfolds in real-time. It is worth noting that bookies have different setups, meaning there can be a slightly longer delay at times.
It depends on the bookie. Some betting sites with live streaming offer the service for free once you are logged in. With others, you’ll need to have a positive balance on your account or have placed a bet on the event you're watching. Some bookies only offer live streaming if you've made a bet in the last 24 hours.
Yes. Most betting sites with live streaming have full commentary on their feeds to add to the viewing experience. This depends which sports and events you're betting on, but the majority of the time you'll have TV commentators calling the action. Horse racing streams nearly always include commentary, for example.
There's a whole range of sports and sporting events streamed live, which vary depending on the bookie you're betting with. Horse racing live streams are probably the most common, but you'll regularly find football, tennis, greyhounds, cricket and North American sports shown live as well.
No bookies in Ireland have live streaming rights to Premier League games at the moment. This would be a huge selling point if any online bookmaker could pull it off in the future. The FA Cup, however, can be watched live on bet365.